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Globalización, expansión de la frontera y desigualdad en Chile durante el auge salitrero (1880-1905)

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  • Javier E. Rodríguez Weber

    (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

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The literature on Latin American inequality during the First Globalization inspired by the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson model suggests that inequality rose because of specialization in natural resource-intensive goods. However, this line of research has been criticized because of the simplifications and assumptions of the model. In this paper we argue that even in a neoclassical framework it must be revised in the light of changes in relative factor endowments, such as the expansion of the frontier —a common process in that period. Using a set of new estimates of income inequality in Chile between 1880 and 1905, we show that the expansion of the frontier opened up a process of social change and labor force migrations which improved the income distribution. KEY Classification-JEL: 015, N96, F11, J61

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  • Javier E. Rodríguez Weber, 2011. "Globalización, expansión de la frontera y desigualdad en Chile durante el auge salitrero (1880-1905)," Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, Asociación Española de Historia Económica, vol. 7(01), pages 21-55.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahe:invest:v:07:y:2011:i:01:p:21-55
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    1. Cuesta, Lizeth & Ruiz, Yomara, 2021. "Efecto de la globalización sobre la desigualdad. Un estudio global para 104 países usando regresiones cuantílicas [Effect of globalization on inequality. A global study for 104 countries using quan," MPRA Paper 111022, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Rodríguez Weber, Javier, 2015. "Estimación de desigualdad de ingreso y otras variables relacionadas para Chile entre 1860 y 1970. Metodología y resultados obtenidos [Income inequality estimates for Chile between 1860 and 1970. Me," MPRA Paper 68400, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Income distribution; Chile; First Globalization; Expansion of the frontier;
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    JEL classification:

    • N96 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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